Tree-protector



C. H. WHITLOCK.

Tree Protector.

No. 44,131. Patented- Septl` 6, 1864.

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TREE-PROTECTOR.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 44.13B, dated September6, 1864.

To all whom fit may concern: l

Be it known that I, GYRUs H. WHi'rLocK, of Whiting, in the county ofAddison and State of Vermont, haveinvented ancw and improved method ofprotecting fruit andK shade trees from destruction and injury by insectsand vermin and other causes in orchards and other grounds where they arecultivated; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull andexact description thereof, reference being,Y had to the accompanying`drawing', and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in providing a cylinder with a angeat the bottom large enough to secure the cylinder in an nprightposition, so as not to press or rub the bark of the tree, and of anyconvenient size that may be desired for the protection of the tree.

To enable others skilled in the art or manufacture ot' such articles tomake and use my invention, I Will proceed to describe its construction.

I make what I call my tree-protector of clay, or a mixture of clay andother malleable substance, such as the potter makes his stoneware of. Itis ot' cylinder form, one, two, or three feet high, as you choose, castor molded round in circular form Iitted for the sizeof the tree. Thenseverit on two sides in the center perpendicularly on a miter and makeapertures for dowels or pins to keep in place when baked and puttogether and placed around the tree, and confine thc protector togetherby a band of iron locked together, and by pins, as seen in the drawing.

VWhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The cylindric form and ange of my protector.

GYRUS H. VVHITLOOK.

Witnesses:

MAGGIE BRILL, PATTY DAVENPORT.

